World Cup winner and former England supremo Sir Clive Woodward will join the Wales camp when they prepare for their Millennium Stadium meeting with New Zealand in November.

It promises to be an important part of Woodward's build-up towards events next summer when he leads the Lions on tour in All Blacks country.

But Ruddock believes the spin-offs for his Welsh squad could prove priceless as they witness at first hand the Woodward experience.

I don't necessarily think that Clive will be too involved in the coaching, because obviously we will be in week three of our autumn programme then, and I think it would be difficult for the players if a new coach suddenly appeared after three weeks, Ruddock said.

I think it will be more about Clive's presence hopefully rubbing off on the players.

They are under the microscope regarding the Lions, but also I am sure, and I haven't spoken to him about this, that he might be more than willing to talk about what makes a winning player and what makes a winning team. If I can liaise with him on that, it would have a huge impact on the squad.

Ruddock has huge respect for what Woodward achieved during his seven years in charge of England, a reign that culminated with their spectacular World Cup triumph in Australia last autumn.

He is a winner, Ruddock added.

He has been through the process of a very tough start (in the England job), and he looked at why things were going wrong and how he could improve it.

He also had a difficult time at the 1999 World Cup, and he analysed that and how he could improve it, eventually to the point where he was able to win a World Cup.

That whole process is significant to me as a national coach and to the players. His presence as a World Cup-winning coach will be a fantastic boost to us.

We would like him to have an influence on the players, to see them playing and training, and we would like to have the opportunity as a management team to ask questions and find out, if you like, the strategies that helped him become so successful.

There are a number of areas we can debate and discuss, but there are no hard and fast rules.

You never stop learning in this game, and I think it would be foolish if we didn't look at all aspects of how we can improve, both individually and as a group.